# 119-s-1531: Assault Weapons Ban of 2025

119-s-1531, Assault Weapons Ban of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA); status introduced (as of 2026-08-11).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-1531
- Congress: 119
- Title: Assault Weapons Ban of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-04-30
- Sponsor: Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 42
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2026-08-11

## Summary

**Nationwide ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.** This bill would broadly prohibit the import, sale, manufacture, transfer, and interstate possession of defined semiautomatic assault weapons and magazines holding more than 10 rounds while creating marking rules, enforcement tools, exemptions, and buy-back funding. - Gun owners and households: Would make it unlawful for unlicensed people to transfer grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapons to other unlicensed people unless a licensed importer, manufacturer, or dealer handles the transfer, with required background checks and recordkeeping starting 90 days after enactment. Appendix A lists hundreds of specific models that would be exempted. - Manufacturers and dealers: Would require new serial-number and marking rules for firearms made after enactment and give the Attorney General authority to set identification standards and maintain a public, annual record of SAWs used in crimes. - Law enforcement and local governments: Creates exemptions for qualified federal and state officers and authorizes Byrne grant funding for buy-back programs to compensate surrendered semiautomatic assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

## Cosponsors (42)

- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Padilla, Alex [D-CA] (D-CA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Alsobrooks, Angela D. [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cantwell, Maria [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] (D-DE), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Duckworth, Tammy [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] (D-IL), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Fetterman, John [D-PA] (D-PA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gallego, Ruben [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kim, Andy [D-NJ] (D-NJ), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] (D-WA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Rosen, Jacky [D-NV] (D-NV), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] (I-VT), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] (D-NY), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Slotkin, Elissa [D-MI] (D-MI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warner, Mark R. [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] (D-RI), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), 2025-04-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ossoff, Jon [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-05-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Schatz, Brian [D-HI] (D-HI), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Grants for local gun buybacks: benefit, low. If enacted, the federal government could give Byrne grants to states and localities to help pay people who turn in certain semiautomatic assault weapons and large magazines. The bill does not set how much each payment would be. Grants would be available to jurisdictions that run buy-back programs.
- List of exempt firearm models: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would add an Appendix A listing specific firearm models that are not covered by the ban. A firearm is exempt only if it was manufactured on the bill's introduction date. Owners and dealers of listed models could keep or transfer those specific guns under the law.
- Public list of guns used in crimes: benefit, low. If enacted, the Attorney General would keep and publish a record of semiautomatic assault weapon makes, models, and manufacture dates when they are used in state or federal crimes. The record must include crime details and investigation outcomes and be sent to Congress each year.
- New rules for grandfathered weapons: cost, medium. If enacted, owners of grandfathered semiautomatic assault weapons would face new rules. You could not privately transfer such a gun to another private person unless a licensed dealer first takes custody and runs the required background check. That transfer rule would begin 90 days after enactment.…
- Stronger penalties and forfeiture rules: cost, medium. If enacted, existing federal criminal penalties and seizure/forfeiture rules would apply to violations involving the newly banned weapons and large-capacity devices. Prosecutors could use current sentencing and asset-forfeiture tools for those offenses. These changes would take effect upon enactmen…
- Ban on many assault weapons: mixed, high. If enacted, it would be illegal to import, make, sell, transfer, or possess many semiautomatic assault weapons and magazines in interstate commerce. A large-capacity device is any feed device that holds more than 10 rounds. People who lawfully had covered items on the date of enactment could keep t…

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- 119-s-1503: Equality Act
- 119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025
- 119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025
- 119-s-1115: Paycheck Fairness Act
- 119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act

## Sources
- [119-s-1531 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1531)

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- [119-s-1503: Equality Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1503)
- [119-s-2150: Women’s Health Protection Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2150)
- [119-s-2523: John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2523)
- [119-s-1115: Paycheck Fairness Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1115)
- [119-s-51: Washington, D.C. Admission Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-51)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1531 (as of 2026-08-11).